More often than not, the question arises on OSNews why certain projects or pieces of abandonware aren't released as open source software. Supposedly, this would speed up development, facilitate the growth of a community, all that jazz associated with open source development. Here are four projects I'd like to see released under a MIT license.

If you take Thom's statement to mean "they made so few units they could be counted on one hand" and propose as the opposite of that statement "they made more units than one could count on one hand" then Thom's use of sarcasm fits even with your cherry picked definition.

Here's another: 1: a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain
2 a: a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an individual
- Merriam-Webster